I cracked one of my pedals on the Giant Boulder and figured I might as well upgrade. What are some good clipless peals?
Mild trails and commuting.bikerpunk98199 said:what kind of riding are you doing to do
Chunky Munkey said:If you are just starting out using clipless I would suggest this as the best pedal to use as it's the best of both worlds.
I suggest them for this reason. Some people will tell you to use the ones that are clip only and no platform. BUT, in most cases, they came with their bike. Mine did too. Only I sold mine right away. Once I got comfortable riding, I bought a pair of these, shimano M646's but these are the 545's. You can find them at Cambriabike.com or Pricepoint I believe. Also try performancebike.com or just google it or use nextag.com to search the best price.
The reason I suggest it is this. Not everyone likes being clipped in. I only use clips to hold me in on uphills. I always clip out down hill. Reason being is this. Jumping, you don't need them. You use them to power up hill. Downhill you don't need to pull up stroke. Secondly they give you a platform to rest your foot on wider and better to set on than a strictly clip pedal. In my case, I have falling going down hill fast and when I fall, I want my bike NO where near me. Falling clipped in is NO fun. Although I've learned to clip out in a hurry, the first few times are not fun. So as a rule I clip out downhill and most of the time until I see a good hill coming. If it has a bunch of roots or slippery mud, I clip out too. As being clipped in going slow you slip one second and the bike stops uphill and you wind up trying to put your foot down and can't get it out in time and you fall back a little and over. I prefer to keep upright.
Lastly, the shoes I use have several positions to place my clips. I put mine as far forward as they'll go. Reason, when I ride and you probably too, you normally rest your foot pedal in the center of your foot from front to heel. So when cliping in, you press the toe of your foot down and your front of your foot is clipped in and when you clip out, with the clip up front of the shoe, you have no chance of accidently clipping in when you put your foot down on the pedal as the clip is up front and most people like yourself have your foot centered over the pedal thus you won't be accidently locking your foot in when you press down just before a jump take off or a technical section where your front tire may lock into a rock and you go over the bars. I'd rather be out than in. So thus the reason I used the platform type clip pedals. And when I need them up hill I just put my two in and it gives me a nice stretch as well. Hope that my opinion helps.
Try that model out, you won't be dissapointed.
Also I suggest as someone did to me, a soft mtb shoe. Don't get the hard ones. I bought a Shimano's that looked like this. Only difference is mine have a velcro strap to go over the stings. They stopped that on this pair but it's the same pair. These are indestructable. I get them really muddy each year and once in a while I remove the insert, and take a hose, softscrub and a brush to the me, clean them up, and leave them out in the sun to dry and then relace 'em and they've been with me for like five years.
I paid like $89 bucks for mine a few years back. Now they're like $49. That's a good deal. Check your shoe size as they are cut small. I'm an 8.5 and I think I got 43 euro and they've always been a hair tight. Next pair will be 44 or 45 for me. You can send them back if they don't fit too. These are SHIMANO SH-M034 shoes. Cambriabike.com has these.
Hope that helps you out a bit.
"the blue thing"
I have to second the comments on the Crank Bros. I started riding on flats and thought I would NEVER run clipless, but started running the Mallet C's on my commuter (I wanted the big platform because I was just starting with them). I started running them on my BMX this year, and now I'm trying them out on my DH bike. I'm still undecided about them on the DH bike, because I do ride skinnies and stunts on it, but for normal DH trails and jumps I love the clipless so far. I like the amount of float they have and how its impossible to unclip when pulling straight up. I think I've only unclipped once or twice so far because of bashing my foot on a rock.capt.crispy said:I would go with the times(any) or the crank bro. candys first or the eggbeaters second.If you need a big platform look at the mallets.
both the time and the crank bro. are much easier to clip into because you have a muvh wider platform for the front of the cleat to make contact with.and also better float.More float then with the shimano.
third vote for Time.Time ATAC.
Same reason why i got them - I have had em for a week now, fell off 8 times because i stoped and could not uncliposter_oops:The Shimano 545s, which Chunky Munkey illustrated, are good pedals and you can use them without special shoes for those off-the-cuff runs when you don't feel like changing from your street shoes.
To facilitate clip-in/out:Same reason why i got them - I have had em for a week now, fell off 8 times because i stoped and could not uncliposter_oops:
that mean balancing on your bike whilst not moving forward. Basically "standing" still without putting your feet down.<snip>
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IM a NooB to MTB :biggrin:
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